§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list in the Official Report the number of service dwellings and official lodgings, showing where they are situated, untenanted for over two months in (i) England, (ii) Wales, (iii) Scotland and (iv) Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. FreemanRecords are not maintained in the form requested and such information could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, as at 31 march 1987 a total of 4,389 married quarters had been vacant for over one year, of which 3,652 were in England, 66 in Wales, 574 in Scotland and 97 in Northern Ireland. These were situated as follows:
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Number England Royal Navy Culdrose 1 Dartmouth 1 Deal 36 Harrogate 3 London 5 Plymouth 185 Portland 16 Portsmouth 102 Preston 8 Taunton 32 Corsham 1 Army South East Aldershot North 60 Aldershot South 46 Deepcut 34 Mytchett 15 Arborfield 3 Bramley 3 Reading 2 Winchester 10 Bicester 48 Bordon 71 Didcot 15 Chichester 3 Chatham 44 Chattenden 1 Gillingham 8 Shrivenharn 53 Ashford 2 Dover 6 Hythe/Lydd 3 Shorncliffe 38 Brighton 13 Medmenham 1 Marchwood 18 Thorney Island 3 North East Brancepeth 1
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Number Catterick 16 Driffield 65 Harrogate 3 Hemswell 72 Leconfield 41 Ripon 1 Sheffield 1 Eastern Bedford 2 Chelmsford 1 Chilwell 15 Colchester 65 Derby 1 Garats Hay 4 Grantham 1 Lowestoft 1 Melton Mowbray 3 Northampton 4 Old Dalby 6 Peterborough 1 Shoeburyness 25 Thetford 1 Waterbeach 9 Leicester 5 Wimbish 4 London Central London 8 West London 12 Mill Hill/Bushey 26 Pirbright 6 Woolwich 13 Caterham 8 Uckfield (Sussex) 12 South West Ashchurch 5 Bovington 2 Bristol 1 Bulford 10 Corsham 16 Devizes 13 Exeter 12 Larkhill 16 Middle Wallop 2 South Cerney 7 Tidworth 31 Salisbury /Wilton 15 Warminster/Trowbridge 11 Winterbourne/Gunner 14 Colerne 33 Andover 28 Western Hereford 5 Bramcote 23 Donnington 6 Kineton 24 Lichfield 1 Long Marston 16 Shrewsbury 4 Malvern/Worcester 3 Tern Hill 6 Birmingham 10 RAF Abingdon 25 Benson 152 Binbrook 9 Boscombe Down 22 Boulmer 2 Bracknell 1 Brampton 36 Brize Norton 16 Catterick 8 Chilmark 1
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Number Church Fenton 2 Coltishall 4 Coningsby 14 Cosford 83 Cranwell 8 Digby 71 Farnborough 2 Finningley 52 Fylingdales 7 Harrogate 1 Headley Court 5 Hendon 12 Henlow 12 High Wycombe 11 Honington 51 Hullavington 3 Innsworth 28 Leeming 259 Linton On Ouse 110 Locking 32 Lyneham 47 Machrihanish 1 Manston 11 Marham 33 Mount Batten 53 Newton 24 North Luffenham 33 Northholt 22 Oakhanger 1 Odiham 27 Quedgeley 1 St. Mawgan 28 Scampton 158 Shawbury 4 Spadeadam 3 Stafford 13 Stanbridge 105 Stanmore Park 1 Swanton Morley 12 Swinderby 40 Uxbridge 68 Waddington 153 Wattisham 1 West Drayton 2 West Raynham 17 Wittering 55 Wroughton 38 Wales Army Bridgend 4 Chepstow 20 Pendine 1 Twywn 3 Carmarthen 1 Royal Air Force St. Athan 2 Sealand 9 Valley 35 Scotland Royal Navy Fife 24 Helensburgh 75 Arbroath 7 Prestwick 9 Army Aberdeen 44 Shetland 2 Tayside 1 Dunblane 5 Inverness 2 Fort William 1 Edinburgh 99 Kirknewton 203
Number Glasgow 4 Airdrie/Lanark 32 Dumbarton 4 Royal Air Force Buchan 13 Kinloss 32 Leuchars 16 Turnhouse 10 Northern Ireland Army Ballykelly 23 Lisburn 58 Omagh 16 Of the total number, about 1,000 had been declared surplus for disposal and the remainder were either being held against future deployments or were undergoing or awaiting repairs or modernisation.